Sound pulse scattering from an edge of thick elastic plates:experimental and numerical investigations

I.IntroductionItisdifficulttoanaIysesoundscattcringfromanedgeofathickpIatetheoretica11y.Inmostprevious.ork['-'],thecdgcdifTractionsofidca1ha1fp1aneswereconsidered,i.e.theplanesarepcrfcct1yhardorpcrfcctlysoftoroncsurfacehardandonesurfacesoftandtheirthicknessisneg1cctcd,thccorrespondingthporicsarcquitecomp1ctc.Inthisstudy,thecdgcscattcringfromthickelasticplatesinwatcrisinvestigated.Theex'perimentalrcsultsarccxamincdphysica1lybythcp1atethcoryandcomparcdquantitative1ywithca1culationsfromanumeric…     

Overall evaluation for concert hall acoustics

I.IntroductionTherearetwowaysofcvaluatingconcertha1lacoustics.Oneistoevaluatetheacousticalqualityofaconcertha11ateachlistener'spositionrespectively,andtheotheristoevaluatetheacousticalqua1ityofaha1lasawho1e.Bothwaysarebasica1lysimilar.Howcvcr,sincesomcob-icchveparametersmayhavedifTerentvalucsatdifferentpositions,onemustdcfinesuitab1ein-dicestodescribetheseparameters(e.g.meanva1ucsorothers),sothatacomparisonbetweenha1lsbecomcspossib1e,Thispaperdea1swiththelattereva1uationbyusingfuzZysettheory…     

Study of extracting characteristic parameters from a blood vessel

I.IntroductionTheinvcrseprob1cmofsoundscattcringisinterestingtou1trasonicdiagnosis,identificationofanundcrwatcrtargct,speechsynthesisctc.UsingthismethodDucheneandTabbara[1.21.studiedtheu1trasonicdiagnosisofab1oodvessel.Inthispaperweusedasoft-tubetosimulateabloodvesselanddeaIswiththeu1trasonicdiagnosisofthesofc-tube.Invcrsescatteringprob1emdcterminingatubeparamctcrswasgivcn.Agcomctrica1acousticsmethodwasuscdindescribingthescattcrcdfield.Fivcparametcrsofthctubcwercrcconstructcd.Therelativcdc-…     

A study of multi-beam DICANNE system

I.IntroductionTheprob1cmofsuppressingstrongpointinterferencesourceisavcryimportantthesisinsonardesign.Fortheana1ogsonar,thesolutionofthisprob1emisquitedifficu1t.Untilthedevelopmentofdigitalsonar,thereissomerescarchreportsaboutsuppressingstrongpointin-terferencesource.Theear1ierworkin1969,dedicatcdbyV.C.Anderson,istheconccptofDICANNE(DigitalInterfcrcnceCance1lingAdaptiveNu1lNetworkEquipment)['l.Thisisadoublecompensatormulti-bcamsystcm.Oneisusedtoformintcrfercncebeamandanothcrisusedtofor…     

A beam interpolation algorithm in digital multi-beam sonar

I.IntroductionThedigita1operationins0narsystembringsagreatadvantageinbeamforming.Itispos-sib1etorealizesomcalg0rithmsindigita1technique,whichisusua11yhardtoorimpossib1etoAnp1ementintraditiona1ana1ogues0nar.Asanexamp1e,ageometrygraphofcirclearrayisil-1ustratedinFig,1.Thetotalnumber0farraye1ementisN.Therearetwokindsofbeam.TheA-c1assbeamconsistsof2M-le1ements,thesteeringdirectionisjustlocatedintheposi-honofoneofthearrayelement;TheB-classbeamconsistsof2Me1ementsandthesteeringdirectionisinthem…     

A postbeamformer adaptive noise cancelling system

I.IntroductionApostbeamformernoisecancel1erisasing1e-channeladaptiveprocessorinbeamspace['l.Ithasnotonlysimplerstructure,buta1sobetterpropertiesthane1ementspaceprocessorinimp1ementation.L.C.GodaraandA.Conto1ihavestudiedthesignaltonoiseratioofthebroadbandPIC[1].Theauthorshavesolvedtheprob1emofapplicationconditionsofnarrowbandPIC['],andproposedthatRMGSEFa1gorithmistheoptimuma1gorithminthenarrowbandPICadaptiveprocessing['1.Atpresent,thepfob1emofadaptivecance11ingofbroadbandtowing-shipnoi…     

Bulk acoustic wave Barker code sequence and the application in ultrasonic NDT

I.IntroductionUptonowtheultrasonicpu1seechotechniquehasbeenwide1yusedinthefieldofnon-destructivetesting.Toachievehightargetreso1ution,narrowpu1seshou1dbeadoptcd.Butthiswill1imitthetransmitpowerandthcdetectab1erange,whichisveryboportantcspecia1lyinthemediumwithstrongacousticattenuation.Itmeansthatthetargetresolutionanddetcctablerangehavccontradictorydcmands.Thcrcforethepulsccompressionandcorre1ationtechniqucdeve1opedinradarsystemhavebeenintroducedintotheultrasonicNDTandsomeprogresseshavebeenp…     

Theoretical analysis about eigenfrequencies of "aligned double flute

I.IntroductionFluteisanancientmusicinstrument.Itsprincipa1structureisasegmentofcircu1arpipewithaseriesofaperturesonthewa11.Amongtheseapertures,oneisca11edblowingapertureandothersarecalledtuningapertures.Duringperformance,thep1ayerb1owsbythecdgeofblowingapertureandcontro1sthetuningapertureswithcertainfingeringtoexcitedifferentpuretones.Forapopularflute,onetcrmina1ofthcfluteisopenandtheothcrisclosedwithapiston.Thetuningaperturesaresett1edneartotheopenterminalandtheblowingapertureneartotheclose…     

Thermoelastic equivalent circuit for laser ultrasound

I.IntroductionItiswe11knownthatultrasonicwavecanbegenerated'bytherma1expansionwhenalaserbeamisincidentonsamples.Accordingto1incarthcory,laserultrasonicsignalcanbcderivedfromtheso1utionofthermoe1asticdifferentialcquationinwho1espacc.Asanimportantparameter,theamp1itudeofsoundwavehasbeenappliedtoquantitutivemeas.rements['-3l.Recentpapersbegintofocusonanotherconsiderablecharactcr-thctempora1profileofultrasonicsignalwhoscfrequencyandphasespectruminvolvemoreinfOrmationofmaterialproperhesl~8l.And,c…     

Sound propagation in complicated industrial enclosures

I.IntroductionInordcrtocfficlcntlyprcdictandcontro1thenoiseinindustria1enclosurcs,manypeoplehavestudicdmathmodclsforsoundpropagationinindustria1enclosurcs.Butsofar,thereisnosatisfactoryrcsult.Inthepast,a1mostal1studieswcrercstrictedtoidealemptyindustrialcnc1osurcs,andonlyafewofthcm['-']concerncdtheinfluenceofobstac1cswithinthemodel.Thcscmodc1strcattheobstac1eeffcctsbythemethod-ofimagesandcanonIybeusedtoregu-larhexahcdronroomswhcreobstaclcsareassumedtobedistributesuniformIy.Ondet'sartic1el'],…     

New types of complex torsional angle transformers based on hyperbolic secant taper

1.IntroductionThemaximumoutputofatransformeramplitudeislimitedbythefatigueofthema-tCrialusedlll.Ifthesurfaceshearstressofatorsionaltransformer,T,isuniformalongtheaxis,inotherwords,themaximumpointofsurfaccshearstrcssisincxistent,ti.ea1lowab1coutputpowcrofthetorsionaltransformerwillenormouslyincrease.Insomecasesinwhichveryhigh-intcnsitytorsiona1ultrasonicpowerisrequired,theywil1benecessaries.Forthispurpose,wederivedthenewtypeoftorsionalangletransformer-quartcr-wavelcngthhypcrbolicsccanttaper.T…     

Effect of wall aperture on sound propagation within a tube

I.IntroductionInmanycasesthecontinuityofsoundpropagationwithinatubeisbrokenbyaperturesonthetubewallsuchastoneholesonthemainboreofwoodwindmusicalinstruments,rectangularsound-windowofChineseinstrumentshengetc.Thediscontinuityhaseffectonwavccncoun-tCringit.Keefestudicdasing1etoneholeofwoodwindinstrumentandrepresenteditbyaT-sectionequiva1entcirc.it[11.Inthispaper,theapertureontubewa1lisstudiedfromdifferentpointofview,a1thoughtheGreen'sfunctionmethodisalsousedinthetheoreticalana1ysis.Moresimp1er…     

The radiation impedance and the energy partition among wave fields generated by a normal force strip radiator on isotropic solid surface

I.IntroductionTheacousticbeams'f0cusingandscanninggeneratedbytransducerarraysonso1idsurfacep1ayaveryimportantroleinacousticimagingandultrasonoc1ectronicdevices.InourpreviouSworkt'-'],weinvestigatcdtheproperties0ftheacousticbeams'focusingandscanninga1ongthesymmetricalaxis,acousticfic1ddistributioninthewho1espaceandnearthefocus.Andwealsogaverigoroustheoretica1ana1ysis,numcrica1simu1ationandexperimenta1obscrvation.Butra-diationimpedanceandenergyofthesurfaceradiatorshavenotbeendiscussedyetbynow.…     

Theoretical analysis on sound absorption by pseudostochastic diffusors

I.IntroductionIn1979,M.R.S.h.o.der[1]pro-posedanewdesignofsounddiffusorwhoseperiodcomprisesNelements(slotsorwells,referedtoaschannelsinfol1owing)ofequalwidths.ThedepthsofchanneIsvaryaccordingtoapseu-dostochasticsequencewithinonepe-riod.Atypicalstructureofq1ladraticresiduediffusor(N=11)isi1IustratedinFig.1.BychoosingthedePtl1ofchannels,thescatteringcharacteristicsofthestructurecanbeoptirnizeds11chastodistributethescattereden(}rgyequalIyoveralloweddirections.In1992,K.Fuiwaraandothers['repo…     

A stochastic discrete model of tissue and its ultrasonic backscattering coefficient

TheprojectissupportedbyNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina.I.IntroductionU1trasonicpropagationandscatteringinthebiologica1softtissuesisabasicprob-lemofbiomedica1u1trasonics,andu1trasonicbackscatteringfromthetissucsproduccs..importantinformationfortissuecharacterizationaswe11asfortissueimagind'.2].Tissuemodellingisfundamentalfortheanalysisofultrasonicbackscattering.Vari-ousmode1shavebeensuggestedwithapartialsuccess.Sofar,therearetwomajortypesofmodc1s,theinhomogeneouscontinuummode1andthed…     

The design and dynamic performance of a moment actuator

I.IntroductionMachinenoiseisanenvironmcnta1po11utantanditscontrolremainsamajorunresolvedprob1cm.Inadditiontoair-bornesound,machinesimpartvibrationalenergyintosupportingandconnectedstructuresbybothtrans1ationa1androtationa1motions.Translationa1compo-nentsarerelative1yeasytoestimatesinccnearpureforcescanbegeneratedandmeasured.ThisisnotthecaseforrotationalcomponentSsincemomcntsaremoredifficu1ttogenerateandmeasure.Suchmeasurementswould1eadtoafu11undcrstandingofthis1ittleunderstoodbutoftenimporta…     

Changes of summating potentials and morphology in theguinea pig cochlea during anoxia

I.IntroductionThesummatingpotcntia1s(SPs)rcprcscntsaspccificbioe1cctronphenomenonofthecoch1ea.C1inica1lythedominant-SPisnowtakenasasignofrecruitmcnt.However,themechanismofrecruitn1cnt,exccptinMcnicrcdiscase,isnotentireIyunderstood.Thedynamicchangcsinamp1itudcandpolarityofSP,lnrclationtothethrcsho1dshiftofcompoundactionpotential(CAP),SPandcndocochlcapotcntial(EP)inthescalcmcdiawcrcexaminedatonehmewithsing1cmicropipctduringandaftcranoxia.Also,themorpho1ogicchangesinthein-nerhaircc11s(IHC…     

Numerical simulations and experiment ofreverberation loss in shallow water

I.IntroductionUndcrwatersoundrevcrberationhasrccentlybecomeatopicofgreatinterestlI-3l.Sincethcrcverberationincludescombincdeffcctsofsoundpropagahonandscattering,andthesoundpropagationinshallowwaterismuchmorecomplicatedthanthatinthedeepsea,itisnecessarytOstudycarefullybothintheoryandexperimcnt.Fortheshortrangereverberationinshal1owwatcrtheray-basedmodelisavai1ab1e,whilefOr1ongrangethewave-basedmodelmustbeusedbecauscofcomp1icatcdmu1tipaths,refractioneffcctsandfrequencydependence.Thenorma1-mode…     

A speech enhancement method based on Kalman filtering

I.IntroductionKa1manfilteringisjustamethodtoestimatestatistica1lythestateoftheobservedsystemfromthecorruptedsigna1s,andthiskindofcstimationisarecurrcneeestimationbasedon1inear,nonbiasandminimumvariance.Moreover,Ka1manfilteringisapplicabletonon-sta-honarysignalsandtime-variantdynamicsystem.Therefore,Kalmanfilteringisveryapplica-bletoenhancingthespeechsigna1sthatarecorruptedbynoise.ThispaperreportStheconcretcmethodofenhanccmentofnoisyspccchanditscxperimentresults.Experimentsindicate:Afterthes…     

Active sound control by directional sources in the free field

TheprojectissupportedbyAeronauticalScienceFoundation.I.IntroductionThecontro1ofsoundfieldbyintroducingacousticsourcesisatopicofnoisecontrolinwhichanincrcasinginterestisbeingshown.Gcnerallytherearemain1ytwoaspectsinthere-searchesonActiveNoiseContro1(ANC)--theoriesofactivesoundattenuationwhichisthebasementofthetCchnique,anddesignofthecontrolsystem.Recent1y,anewtheorywhichisconsideredtohewc11suitcdtotheanalysisofpracticalproblemshasbeenpresentedbyP.A.Nc1sonetal.[ll.Itshowsthattheminimumpowe…